Vintage Popular Science Magazine, Volume 3 DVD, 1924-1932, 92 issues

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The Volume 3 DVD of our Popular Mechanics series contains 92 issues from 1924-1932. These are all hard to find issues..

Vintage Popular Science Magazine Collection
Volume 3
1924-1932

Popular Science (PopSci) is an American monthly magazine carrying popular science content, that is, articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the American Society of Magazine Editors awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 (for General Excellence) and 2004 (for Best Magazine Section). With roots beginning in 1872, PopSci has been translated into over 30 languages and goes out to at least 45 countries.

Popular Science Monthly was founded in May 1872 by Edward L. Youmans to disseminate scientific knowledge to the educated layman. Youmans had previously worked as an editor for the weekly Appleton's Journal and persuaded them to publish his new journal. Early issues were mostly reprints of English periodicals. The journal became an outlet for writings and ideas of Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Louis Pasteur, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, Thomas Edison, John Dewey and James McKeen Cattell. William Jay Youmans, Edward's brother, helped found Popular Science Monthly in 1872 and was an editor as well. He became editor-in-chief on Edward's death in 1887. The publisher, D. Appleton & Company, was forced for economic reasons to sell the journal in 1900.

James McKeen Cattell became the editor in 1900 and the publisher in 1901. Cattell had a background in academics and continued publishing articles for educated readers. By 1915 the readership was declining and publishing a science journal was a financial challenge. In a September 1915 editorial, Cattell related these difficulties to his readers and announced that the "Popular Science Monthly" name had been "transferred" to a group that wanted the name for a general audience magazine, a publication which fit the name better. The existing journal would continue the academic tradition as Scientific Monthly. Existing subscribers would remain subscribed under the new name. Scientific Monthly was published until 1958 when it was absorbed into Science.

The Modern Publishing Company acquired the Popular Science Monthly name. This company had purchased Electrician and Mechanic magazine in 1914 and over the next two years merged several magazines together into a science magazine for a general audience. The magazine had a series of name changes: Modern Electrics and Mechanics, Popular Electricity and Modern Mechanics, Modern Mechanics and finally World's Advance, before the publishers purchased the name Popular Science Monthly. The October 1915 issue was titled Popular Science Monthly and World's Advance.

The change in Popular Science Monthly was dramatic. The old version was a scholarly journal that had eight to ten articles in a 100 page issue. There would be ten to twenty photographs or illustrations. The new version had hundreds of short, easy to read articles with hundreds of illustrations.

This collection on DVD provides the monthly issues shown in high quality PDF format. Each issue is a high resolution PDF file, hence why our complete set takes up a whopping 9 DVD's. You need the latest copy of Adobe Reader to view these files. This collection really exemplifies classic Americana. Equally as interesting as the old articles are the old advertisements that are included in these. Perfect for someone doing research or is interested in reading some of these old articles.

Volume 3 DVD (92 total monthly issues)
1924 05 May	1927 01 Jan	1929 09 Sep
1924 06 Jun	1927 02 Feb	1929 10 Oct
1924 07 Jul	1927 03 Mar	1929 11 Nov
1924 08 Aug	1927 04 Apr	1929 12 Dec
1924 09 Sep	1927 05 May	1930 01 Jan
1924 11 Nov	1927 06 Jun	1930 02 Feb
1924 12 Dec	1927 08 Aug	1930 03 Mar
1925 01 Jan	1927 09 Sept	1930 04 Apr
1925 02 Feb	1927 10 Oct1	1930 05 May
1925 03 Mar	1927 10 Oct2	1930 06 Jun
1925 04 Apr	1927 11 Nov	1930 07 Jul
1925 05 May	1927 12 Dec	1930 08 Aug
1925 06 Jun	1928 01 Jan	1930 09 Sep
1925 07 Jul	1928 02 Feb	1930 10 Oct
1925 08 Aug	1928 03 Mar	1930 11 Nov
1925 09 Sep	1928 04 Apr	1930 12 Dec
1925 10 Oct	1928 06 Jun	1931 01 Jan
1925 11 Nov	1928 07 Jul	1931 02 Feb
1925 12 Dec	1928 08 Aug	1931 03 Mar
1926 01 Jan	1928 09 Sep	1931 04 Apr
1926 02 Feb	1928 10 Oct	1931 05 May
1926 03 Mar	1928 11 Nov	1931 06 Jun
1926 04 Apr	1928 12 Dec	1931 07 Jul
1926 05 May	1929 01 Jan	1931 08 Aug
1926 06 Jun	1929 02 Feb	1931 09 Sep
1926 07 Jul	1929 03 Mar	1931 10 Oct
1926 08 Aug	1929 04 Apr	1931 11 Nov
1926 09 Sep	1929 05 May	1931 12 Dec
1926 10 Oct	1929 06 Jun	1932 01 Jan
1926 11 Nov	1929 07 Jul	1932 02 Feb
1926 12 Dec	1929 08 Aug